Sonic X: Episode 79 - "Goodnight, Sweet Princess"

did the (poorly) made Sonic X dubs. I didn't care about the dubs though,
I only wanted my money and I hated the show anyway. Sonic was dead to
me by then.

On the internet, I heard a rumor that SEGA wanted to continue the
horrible abominated wreck, but 4KIDS refused to give up copyright for
the show, so it was discontinued. I heard a collegue of mine and the
boss talking about the future of Sonic X and them refusing to give Cosmo
(a character of the third season) to BIOWARE, who wanted to use her
for the new game, "Sonic Chronicles - The dark Brotherhood".

I wanted to ignore the conversation and wanted to proceed on copying my papers when suddenly the word Episode 79
fell. Okay, I hated that anime so much because of the pink hedgehog,
Amy Rose, who was constantly chasing after Sonic with her slutty dress
and the high pitched annoying voice, but I knew there were only 78
episodes. I stopped and walked over to the two, asking about the
episode, but my collegue told me they already got rid of it. I shrugged
it off and went back to doing my work.

At 04:00 PM I could finally go home, but when I passed the trash
containers by the facility curiously took over me and I peeked inside. I
noticed a DVD case without any cover, but a CD inside. I took it out
and brushed off some dirt. The DVD had "Episode 79" written on it with a
black permanent marker. Bingo! I had found the lost episode. Looking
around I didn't see anyone watching me, so I took the DVD case with me. I
wasn't really excited about the episode and hoped it wasn't some stupid
Sonamy crap polluting my TV screen. I only wanted to pull the episode
onto my computer and post it on YouTube to gain some fame.

I got home and the first thing I did is to put my bag away and
get myself some dinner. For some reason I was really hungry. When I came
back from work the next week, on a Wednesday, I remembered the DVD case
still laying around somewhere in my living room. I walked over and
opened the case. It had "Project Sonic - Episode 79" on it. Also with
permanent marker. I noticed it was starting to rain and I closed the
window to make sure nothing gets wet. After I cleaned the DVD (it was in
a trash can after all) I walked over to my HD TV and put the DVD inside
my DVD-player. "Let's see what'll come up.", I thought to myself.

The DVD started instantly with the well known intro from the
third season of Sonic X. The annoying theme song blared in the speakers
of my TV. Nothing odd, until I saw there was actually the Japanese logo
instead of the english one. I guess I snagged a non-dubbed version. I
was glad not to see the fucked up edits 4KIDS dared to do. I could
understand alot of Japanese, being a proud Wee-a-boo (Anime fan). I'm
sure you knew what I'm talking about. The intro ended with each
character posing in a group picture with Eggman in the background. I
noticed Chris missing from the group picture. I guess it was some tweak
since Chris left to his home in Episode 78.

Just as the image faded to black a loud thunderclap managed to
cause a power failure. It was only my house, when I asked my neighbors
about it. My laptop was still working, since I left it on and now ran on
battery, so I manually opened the disk platform (my DVD player could be
opened manually. It had a button that opened the case that worked
without any power, like a Nintendo GameCube for example) and took the
DVD out before closing it again and inserted it into my laptop.

Suprisingly, it didn't play the DVD, but showed the insides of
the DVD. Computer files. Next to the DVD's main file I noticed there was
a folder called "PRISA". Confused at the name of the mysterious folder I
opened it out of curiousity and it showed an alternate DVD file. I
double clicked it and it started to play the file, soon to be
disappointed by a constant black screen, but I've waited patiently for
the beginning of the intro, but it didn't come. I've waited for about 5
minutes before moving my mouse to close the file.

"I DID NOT FORGET."

I jumped at the distorted female voice as the screen flashed red
for a split second. I closed out the file. That moment nearly gave me a
heart attack... The thunderstorm outside of my window was getting worse
and louder. It was getting closer. Since everything already shut off I
didn't bother about it and exited the folder to play the original file.
It played the intro, Chris still missing.

The episode started with Amy and Cream, sitting by a table with
Vanilla (Creams mother). They were enjoying cake and tea. I was
disappointed when Amy started to cry out for Sonic's love again. Vanilla
suddenly slammed her fists down on the table and leaned close to Amy.
"You know nothing about love, you idiot!" she yelled at her. Cream
cringed and backed away, Cheese making his usual chao noises, looking
sad as Cream hugged him close. "That's how I lost him!" That's how she
lost who? Oh, wait. I'm sure you know Cream never had a father. Thus
Vanilla had no husband. "I guess it wasn't TRUE love then!" Amy taunted
Vanilla instead of being reasonable.

The camera zoomed in on Cream, who blinked as a flashback started
(No white borders, thank christ) with Cream and Vanilla walking along a
park. Cream was holding a picknick-basket. After a second she asked her
mother where their father was. Vanilla glared at Cream, who cringed and
became quiet. It returned to the current scene with Vanilla, slapping
Amy across the face. "How DARE you speak of --- like that?!" The name
was interupted by the screen going black for that exact moment the name
would be told. I was disappointed... Vanilla continued, Amy, now on the
floor, staring up at her. "He was a hero! A hero you will never be! He
gave his life for all of us!" Amy scoffed and got up, pouting angrily as
she dusted her dress off. "Noone's a bigger hero than my Sonic-kun..."
Vanilla pointed towards the exit. "Leave!" Amy idly waved her hand at
Vanilla before exiting the building. Cream pleaded for Amy to come back,
but the scene already showed Amy walking away from Vanilla's house.

Vanilla pulled out a tissue, as she started to cry. Cream walked
over, worried about her mother. Vanilla bent down to Cream and gently
hugged her, crying softly. Cream looked over and Vanilla and asked the
question I had in my mind. "Who was my father?" As Vanilla sat down and
pulled Cream on to her lap the screen cut to black again. I sighed
softly in disappointment, but patiently waited for the screen to return.

"...I did not forget what you did to me..."

This time I didn't really need to jump. It was the same female
voice that scared me in the other file, but much calmer and less
distorted. It was soft and it sounded sad. It was not Vanilla or any
other voiceactor of the japanese cast. I shrugged it off and continued
to stare at my black screen.

The screen returned with Amy knocking on Sonic's door, calling
his name lovingly. (Sonic's house was similar to the living room you see
in the Storybook series, with stairs going up) Sonic sat on the couch,
his feet on the table. As he heared Amy knock he groaned and sit up
straight. "It's her again..." he muttered in an annoyed tone as he got
up and walked off to the door before opening it. "Sonic, you didn't
forget about our date tonight, right?" Amy smiled before turning to just
walk off. (It's probably a joke, since Sonic promises Amy a date here
and there, mostly when being out of character and he continuously
forgets about them.) Sonic facepalmed before closing the door again. He
walked back to the couch before sitting down. Noticeably sad. He looked
up at something. The screen turned black again. "Oh, come on..." I
muttered angrily, but I decided to wait AGAIN, hoping none of these
messages would pop up, but it did.

"Murdered me."

The voice whispered this time. A picture flashing for a split
second. Being on my computer I could reverse the player to the exact
point the picture flashed and I was quite suprised at what I saw.

It was Princess Sally. She didn't have a new style or anything...
She looked like she did in the MUCH better cartoon show "Sonic the
Hedgehog" aka. "Sonic SatAM". She was staring at the screen. Her face
looked bland and empty. She was missing her mouth and the whole picture
had a red tint to it. Especially her, now crimson eyes. I snagged a
screenshot of it, imported it to MS Paint and saved it to my computer. I
still have the file, called it sally.PNG.

I continued to play the file. It took a while for the screen to
return again and the picture of Sally disturbed me, but also made me
happy. Did SEGA not forget about Princess Sally after all? The screen
returned. It had a faint white border to show it was a flashback scene.
Does anybody remember Rosy the Rascal? The actual, sweet little girl
before that other pink bitch showed up? Yes, she was walking along a
forest, humming a playful tune. I think she was voiced by Creams voice
actor, only using a different voice pitch. Rosy entered a house that I
couldn't really recognize. It was a wooden hut with hay for a roof.

The camera cut to inside. Most of the things inside were made of
wood. At first I thought it was supposed to be something tribal, but
then I noticed the handheld computer, NICOLE, on the small, round table.
It hit me. Was this Sally's hut? Indeed. The camera cut to Princess
Sally, who looked very pretty in Sonic X style, by the way, staring out
of the window. "I hope Sonic will return from his mission soon.. I'm
worried about him." Sally's voice... was the voice from the messages in
the black screens! Rosy stood there, looking at Sally in the background.
"Are you Sally Acorn?" Rosy asked curiously as Sally whipped around,
startled by Rosy. "Hmm? And who might you be?" Rosy's smile faded and
her expression was blank. "Answer me..." Sally blinked a few times, but
she answered anyway. "Yes, I am." The camera zoomed in on Rosy's face,
front shot which isn't usual. "And you love Sonic, right? And Sonic
loves you..." Sally seemed irritated at that, standing up. "Who are
you?" she asked again, sounding unnerved.

The screen cut to black a final time. Loving Sally, I yelled out
in dismay. Why would SEGA do this? To me? To Sally? I've waited, tears
welling up in my eyes. Be there. Please, be there.

Live.

The file ended.

I let my head sink down on my arms, sobbing softly. Sally would
never come back. Those bastards at the company murdered her and nobody
would remember her.

I stayed that way for a few more minutes before realizing I still
had that other file. Hoping Sally would still be alive on it, I clicked
the "PRISA" folder and opened the second DVD file.

Black screen, like before. I've waited, still sniffling, being
too lazy to blow my nose. The Sally image flashed again. "Sonic" Sally's
voice whispered. Another image flashed across the screen of my laptop.
It was the same image, but the white part of her eyes were gone. "is"
Another picture of Sally, now her pupils missing, leaving her eyes as
empty black voids. "not" The picture stayed this time, followed by long
silence.

I was about to close the file, starting to sob again, but then I
noticed the picture was changing. Black goo-ish tears started to run
down Sally's cheeks. Slowly. Very slowly. Suddenly, a loud screech
interupted me. Red-ish light was now in place of her pupils, staring
right at me. I jumped and those red pupils followed mine whereever I
moved. "...free..." The image disappeared and the screen went to black
again. I sighed and looked towards the ground, but soon after that I
heard the sound of wind blowing from my speakers. I looked at the screen
again. Sonic was there, standing in the middle of a graveyard. He bent
down to one of the tombstones, which was empty. The camera showed his
sad face as he said "Good night, my princess.." in a gentle, loving tone
as he set some flowers beside the tombstone before he left. Right as
Sonic was out of sight Amy came over, looking down at the empty
tombstone angrily. She scoffed "I can't believe he still won't give up."
before she raised her hammer and yelled before smashing the tombstone
as the file ended. I sighed sadly and closed the DVD player. When I
looked at the files, the DVD files were gone. Instead of them I saw a
text file. I didn't really want to, but I opened it anyway. "Amy was not
supposed to exist. She was created to replace 2@11Y.". Enough. I closed
the text file and the folder, but I didn't have time to recover, as I
was staring at Princess Sally, replacing my desktop...